Triple quotient product of a triangle in the Nine Point Circle

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Show that the 9-point Circle of a triangle satisfies the cyclic ordered product of segments

$$ \dfrac{BP}{PC}\times \dfrac{CQ} {QA}\times \dfrac{AR}{RB}=1 $$

Show that it could be included in a generalization Menelaus's theorem as a special case of a proposition where the product of ratios is any real number.

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Context was yesterday's attempt to find such triple ratio product locus with my following logic for this particular case.

  • The circle has equal segments on its sides, satisfying the generalization

  • At foot of perpendicular through Ortho-center the opposite sides are partitioned as:

$$ \dfrac{a \cos B}{b \cos A}\cdot\dfrac{b \cos C}{c \cos B}\cdot \dfrac{c \cos A}{a \cos C} =1$$

which also satisfies the generalization.

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This has nothing to do with the nine-point circle. The three points in the sides are the feet of the altitudes. The altitidues are concurrent and, as such, your triple product is a special case of Ceva's theorem.